Non-refillable bottle.



Patented Dec. 23, I902. J. C. BEITLER.

NUN-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

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NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 716,657, dated December 23, 1902. Application filed October-27,1902. serum. 128.923. (unmade- To aZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that L-J osurn CURRY BEITLEB, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Lancaster, inrthe county of Fairfield and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Non-Refillable Bottle, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in non-refillable bottles.

An object of the invention is to provide a bottle parts of which are so constructed and correlated that they cannot easily be injured or deranged by tampering or by accident.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device in my improved bottle-stopper whereby when an attempt is made to exhaust air therefrom the exit or passage-way to the bottle will be closed.

A further object of the invention is to so construct the aforesaid bottle that after the liquid has been poured therefrom none of such liquid will be retained in the cavities or parts of the bottle-stopper.

With these ends in view the invention consists in the peculiar construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter described in this specification, illustrated in the drawings, and set forth in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,

in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a central vertical sectional view of a bottle embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the bottle inverted, and Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of a modified form of the ring and clip for retaining the stopper on position in the neck of the bottle.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, and in particular to Fig. 1 thereof, the letter A designates a portion of the neck of a bottle provided with a shoulder or offset on the interior thereof, as at 1, for a purpose to be hereinafter stated. Adapted to be inserted in the neck of the bottle and held therein by means of the outwardly-extending .springclips 2 2, which clips engage the offsets or shouldersformed in the neck of the bottle, is a cylindrical tubing, as at 3, the upper portion of which extends outwardly, forming the shoulder, as at 4, adapted to rest upon the top head of the neckof the bottle. From this shoulder 4 the walls 5 converge upwardly to a point, as at 6, when they again diverge outwardly and upwardly, as at 7, thus having the appearance of two frusto-conicalcups or sections, the upper one of which is inverted and formed on the taperingportion of the lower section or cup. The interior surface or wall of the upper inverted cup-section 7 is preferably corrugated, as shown at 8, and se cured to or mounted near the upper edge of said section 7 are the two domes or hemispherical portions 9 10, one being slightly larger than the other and placed over the same, so that a space extends between the outer surface of the inner dome and the innor surface of the outer dome. Each of these hemispherical portions is perforated, as shown at 11 and 12 but the perforations in the inner dome do not register with the perforations in the outer dome, this arrangement preventing a needle or similar instrument be ing passed through the domes to interfere with the valve, which I will now proceed to describe.

As will be seen by Figs. 1 and 2, at the point 6, where the frusto-conical sections are united, a shoulder, is formed, as at 13, surrounding the outlet 14. Resting on this shoulder in the interior of the inverted section 7 is a gasket or washer 15, upon which is adaptedto rest the valve employed in my stopper. It will be noted that this valve is formed with a suitable head, as at 16, formed of rubber or other suitable material, and its stem 17 is of reduced size when compared with the aforesaid head portion 16 and extends downwardly into the conical section 5. The lower portion of this stem 17 may be formed of metal and provided with a number of elongated slots or grooves, as at 18, the lower end of said stem carrying a spherical or'ball weight, as at 19, which weight is com trally bored, as at 20. When in its upright position, the weight 19 is adapted to hold the valve-head 16 securely on its seat; but when the bottle is inverted it will tend to force said head off its seat and permit the liquid to flow from the bottle through the bore or passage in the Weight and through the grooves 18 in the valve-stem, and thence through the perforations in the hemispherical domes.

When my improved stopper is to be inserted into a bottle neck, a. gasket or Washer, preferably of rubber and shown at 21, is placed on the top of the neck, and on this gasket the shoulder 4 of the stopper rests. The spring lugs or arms 2, which engage with the shoulderor offset in the bottle-neck, may be formed integral with the section 3 of the stopper, or they maybe formed on a ring 22, as shown in Fig. 3, which ring is adapted to surround the cylindrical section near its base and is provided with a groove 23, adapted to receive a packing-ring 24, which ring bears against the inner wall of the neck of the bottle. The extreme lower portion of this cylindrical section is formed with a reduced depending flange or neck 24, supporting or holding one end of a coil-spring 25, the other end of said spring carrying a disk or plate 26, of any suitable light material, such as metal, wood, or thelike. WVhen through any agency an attempt is made to exhaust air from the bottle, the disk will be drawn upward and will rest or seat itself upon the edge of the flange 24, thus closing the outlet of the bottle.

From the above description the operation of my invention will be readily understood. The bottle is first filled, and after the stopper is secured in the bottle through the medium of the spring-arms above referred to engaging with the shoulder on the interior of the neck the contents of the bottle may be readily taken therefrom byinverting the said bottle. The liquid will then pass out through the cylindrical section and through the inverted conical section afterits passage through the valve mechanism, as hereinbefore described, and then out through the hemispherical domes.

It will be seen that I have devised a stopper which can be manufactured at but little expense and which is extremely durable and serviceable. When one bottle has been emptied, the bottle may be broken, the stopper taken therefrom being replaced upon another bottle which has been previously filled.

While I have herein shown and described one particular embodiment of my invention, it is of course to be understood that I do not consider myself as limited to the precise details thereof, as there may be modifications in this respect without departing from the essential features of the invention or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In a non-refillable bottle, a main body portion comprisinga cylindrical section, and two frusto-conical sections formed with the cylindrical section, means for securing the cylindrical section in the neck of the bottle,

valve mechanism in the frusto-conical sections, and perforated coverings or domes for one of said frusto-conical sections.

2. In combination with a bottle having a shoulder formed in the interior of the neck' thereof, of a stopper for said bottle, said stopper comprising a main body portion formed of a lower cylindrical section, a frusto-conical section on the cylindrical section, a second frusto-conical section having its interior corrugated, formed with the first frusto-conical section and inverted thereon, an outlet being formed between the two frusto-conical sections, valve mechanism controlling said outlet, and perforated domes covering the inverted frusto-conical section, substantially as described.

3. In combination with a bottle having an offset formed in the neck thereof, of a stopper therefor, said stopper comprising a main body portion formed of two frusto-conical sections, the upper one inverted on the lower one, an outlet being formed between the two sections, a perforated cover for the upper section, a valve in the outlet, and means engaging with the offset or shoulder in the neck of the bottle for securing the stopper therein.

4. In combination with a bottle'having an ofiset or shoulder formed in the neck thereof, of a stopper for such bottle, said stopper comprising a main body portion formed with a hollow cylindrical section, adapted to extend within the neck of the bottle, means engaging with the offset in the bottle for retaining the cylindrical section therein, a frustoconical section formed with the cylindrical section and resting on the top edge of the neck of the bottle, a second or inverted frusto-conical section formed with the first frusto-conical section, an inlet being formed between the two frusto-conical sections, a valve-seat surrounding said inlet, aweighted valve resting on said seat, and a perforated dome for covering the upper inverted frustoconical section.

5. In combination with a bottle having an offset formed in the neck thereof, of a stopper for said bottle, said stopper comprisinga main body portion formed of a hollow cylindrical section adapted to extend within the neck of a bottle, a frusto conical section formed at the top of the cylindrical section and adapted to rest on the neck of the bottle, a gasket between such section and the neck of the bottle, an inverted frusto-conical section on the first-mentioned frusto-conical section, an outlet between the frusto-conical sections, a shoulder and a gasket surrounding said outlet, a valve seated on said shoulder, havingits stem extending into the first-mentioned frusto-conical section, slots in said stem, a bored or slotted weight at the end of said stem, and perforated hemispherical domes spaced apart, mounted on the upper portion of the inverted frusto-conical section, substantially as described.

6. In combination with a bottle, of a stopper therefor, comprising a main body portion formed of a hollow cylindrical section and two f rust-o-conical sections, a perforated coveriug for one of said frusto-conical sections, a valve mounted in an outlet between the two frusto-conical sections, a reduced shoulder or flange formed at the inner end of the cylindrical section, a spring secured to said shoulder, and a disk carried by said spring, adapted when air is being exhausted from the bottle to seat upon said flange, and means for retaining the stopper in the neck of the bottle, such means comprising a ring surrounding the cylindrical section in the neck of the bottle, and outwardly-extending spring clips or arms formed on said ring, adapted to engage with the interior of the neck of the bottle, and a gasket between said ring and JOSEPH CURRY BEITLER.

Witnesses:

J. G. HITE, A. E. PERRY. 

